| Location | Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia |
| Geographic coordinates | 42 30 N, 19 18 E |
| Map references | Europe |
| Area | total: 13,812 sq km land: 13,452 sq km water: 360 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly smaller than Connecticut; slightly larger than twice the size of Delaware |
| Land boundaries | total: 680 km border countries (5): Albania 186 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 242 km, Croatia 19 km, Kosovo 76 km, Serbia 157 km |
| Coastline | 293.5 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: defined by treaty |
| Climate | Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland |
| Terrain | highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m mean elevation: 1,086 m |
| Natural resources | bauxite, hydroelectricity |
| Land use | agricultural land: 38.2% (2018 est.) arable land: 12.9% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 1.2% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 24.1% (2018 est.) forest: 40.4% (2018 est.) other: 21.4% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 24 sq km (2012) |
| Natural hazards | destructive earthquakes |
| Geography - note | strategic location along the Adriatic coast |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
